Deposit book



Jam., 2, 1925. 31A-40,4811

C. A. MIDDAUGH.

Dc-:Posn' BooK. FlLED APR. 10. 1922.

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CARL A. MIIDDUGHyV OF KANSAS CITY, MESSOUR.

D'nrosrr noon.

Application '1ed`Apri1 10, 1922.

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that Cam, A. MinnaUoi-I, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county ot Jackson and State ot Missouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Deposit Books and l do declare the following to be. a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apperta-ins to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the iigures of reference marked thereon, Which form a part of this specification.

rihis invent-ion relates to deposit books to bel used in connection with banking or savings accounts and the primary object oi' thel inventionis to provide a novel form oi' book which may be especially adapt-ed for use in taking care of small deposits. For example, in order to teach thrift to school children there has been established in some oct the banks in certain cities of this country, school savings departments.l l

These departments iave representatives in the schools who receive deposits from the school children and accredit 'them t0 their accounts in the bank. Under the system the pupil may open an account for a very small amount by depositing` `the amount With a representative in the school, who issues a book to the pupil, makes an entry in the hook and on a deposit sheet to be forwarded to the bank with the deposit; the depositY sheet' also serving as a ledger sheet to automatically show the balance oit' 'the depositen bviously, it `would be unprotitable Ytol1 ndle vthese small accountsfi'tthe handling involved considerable bookkeeping, such, as is necessary in handling vlarge accounts.

My invention siniplities the handling of the accounts in Vthat the deposit sheet or ticket may vserve as a ledger leaf, thereby eliminating all postings and extensions. T he deposit` sheet also serves as a Withdrawal order or cheek and there is a pass-'book sheet containing on its tace all of the entries on the separate deposit sheets or Withdrawal Orders so that the bookkeeping is materially simplified. I

lin order to comprehend the advantages and novel features of my invention, re't'erence will be had to the following description in connect-ion with 'the'accompanying drawings, in Which- Fig. l is a perspective view of a book con- Seral No. 551,086.

structed in accordance with my invent-ion, showing the entries made on the pass-book sheet.

F ig. 2 is a similar view showing the entry made on a deposit sheet, and

` F ig. 3 is perspective view of the book showing they Withdrawal order blank on the reverse side of the deposit sheet and the identification card.

The book may be constructed in the usual manner With the leaves bound in any appropriate Way. l The back ot the book is a signature card l, having a space 2 for the date that the account was opened and the number of the school which the pupil attends. Below this is a second space or line 3 for the signature of the pupil and a. third space or line l for the signature @t a parent or guardian. leloiv 'that is a line 5 'for the address.

lt will seen thatl the pupil cannot open an account Without the consent of a` parent or guardian, who must sign the card and, as vwill appear hereinafter, Who must sign each Withdrawal order so that the pupil cannot Withdran7 the account Without the knowledge of the parent 0r guardian.

The signature card may have suitable identifying indicia 6, such as the number of the book or the number of the account which, oft' course, will be the number of the file in which the signature card and the sheets are deposited'.

' ln the iront oi? the book is a pass-book sheet T, which is Apermanently retained in the book and it is divided into two longitudinal main divisions 8 and 9 by the central divisional line it). 'here are transiferse lines lll. to provide spaces, the numbeivoi: spacesbeing one in ex ess o?? tine number oi combined deposij cket and ledger least and Withdrawal order sheets.

The space 8 is divided into four vertical columns, the column 12 being the date column, the column'l?) being the column for the number of the school to identity the school at which the pupil attends, the'column la being tor the tellers identifying indicia, such as the initials, number, etc., and the column l5 being the Withdrawal amount column. On the opposite side ot the longitudinal center ott the sheet are two additional columns; the column 1G being the depositcolumn and the column 1,7 the bala-nce cohimn.

Between the pass-book sheet T and the combined deposit ticket-ledger leal1 and lows:

20 for the address and below'it is indicia 21' to indicate the bank with which the account has` been opened. Below the indicia 21 and arranged to coincide line for line and column for column with the pass-booksheet are rulings to provide columns 12, 1S', 111

and 15', corresponding in detail to the col ulnns 12, 13, 14 and 15on the sheet 7. The sheet 18 also hascolumns 16V and 17 which correspond to the deposit and balance columns 16 and 17 on sheet 7.

.lhereforait will be seen thatthe lower part of the sheets and 18 are duplicates. On the back ofthe sheet 18 isa withdrawal order blank having a space 22 for the date,indicia 23 to indicate the bank at` which the deposit has been placed, a line 24 for the amount to be withdrawn, a line 25 for the signature of thepupil, and a line f 20 for the signature ofthe parent or guardf ianl lhile thek sheet is permanently se-l cured `in the bookk between the cover lleaves 27y and 28 of the book, the sheets 18 may be removed by tearing along the .perforations 29 and the card which may bel removed by tearing along the perforations 30.

The manner of using thev book is as fol- Suppose'the pupil v count,the representative of the bank at the school willy accept the first deposit, ysay one dollar ($1.00). The pupil is `given the signature card 1 to sign and to ybe counter-` signed by the parenty or guardian. The rep- -resentative makes an entry, for example 1-622, school 10, Judi/V. C. in the respective columns 12, 13 `and 14. In the deposit column anl entry of $1.00 is made and in the balance column an entryof $1.00 is made.l This entry on the iirst line of the perina- `nently secured pass-booksheet will be transferred to the first sheet 18 through the medium of the carbon sheet 19. The name 'of thev pupil or depositorand the address will have to be written is separately.

the card 1, the lirst sheet 18 and the amount of thevk deposit ($51.00) is forwarded to the bank and iiled according to the system there prevailing, either by number ofthe book or by the naine ofthe depositor.

lf the depositor makes a subsequent deH posit on the 30th of January, 1922, a similar entry is made on line 2 of the pass-book sheet 7, indicating that on the'SOth of J anuary, 1922, from school 10 the representative received a deposit, for example thirtyfseven kcents (3N). The account will be extended to the balance column showing that 551.8? has been deposited. y will be forwarded to the'bank with the thirty-seven cents andthe bank will know l that this is the second deposit because it has been entered on the second lineof the deposit slip orticket. Therefore, in orderto prove up the deposit, it will be only v necessaryto look up the first slip and compare it with the amount receivedv to indicate `that 'the account stated on the deposit sli is cor 1.

rect. y y u yLater the depositor may wish to with draw part of the account, for example, on

February 14th the depositor withdraws fifty cents The date `on which withdrawal is made will be put in the first column 8 on the third line, the school number Obviously the entry will be transferred to' thethirdlsheet18, showing` that the third sheetis a witliidrawal check. rllbe bank clerk will-immediatelyknow that an arnounthas been withdrawn so that he willturn oyer the sheet to theback side -on which the with drawal order sould be filled outtosee that the depositor and by the parent or guardian.

y l l L lf the orderis for 50 Aand the last lsheet desired to open an ac' previouslydeposited shows that thebalance was 961.37, the front face of the withdrawal order should show the balance 87e, as indicatedin Fig. 1, so that the bank clerkwill know that the slip is in order.

Later` suppose the depositor adds v1.5 vto.

vthere have already been three entries made.

ltshould, therefore, be transferred tothe l l fourth sheet 18 onthe fourth line, as indi- The book is handed to the deposltor and The lsecond sheet 18' the withdrawal order is properly signed by y cated in Fig. 2, only the last entry, of

course, being transferred to the fourth sheet 18 so that it will have exactly the appearance shown in Fig. 2. This sheet, together with the 1.5, is forwarded to the bank and the bank clerk notes that the previous slip showed a balance of 87 and thatthere is .1.5 accompanying the present slip, so the space or line on the proper sheet and the 1e is a special advantage in this because if the deposit slip should come into the bank with an entry made on the sixth line and there has only been three deposits previously received, the bank clerk would immediately know that there was some discrepancy in the handling of the account and he could immediately get in touch with the depositor` and clear up the error or discrepancy, as the case might be.

When it is understood that each sheet 14 is immediately filed as a ledger sheet, it will be apparent that the need for posting and extensions can be eliminated.

The carbon sheet 19 may be eliminated it desired, and the entry made separately on the deposit ticket or ledger leaf and withdrawal. order sheet, although do not recommend this method because of the liability of error. Vf hen the entries are made upon the pass-book sheet 7 with the carbon sheet 19 between it and the next sheet 18, the env tries on both sheets must match up as to position but whe-re they are transferred separately, there is liability ot error in not making the entry on the next sheet 18 at the proper place.

lt will be apparent from the foregoing that the entire account of any depositor can be kept in a'most convenient manner by using the blanks of which the book oonsists and that the cost of taking care of the account will be reduced to a. minimum'because there will be no bookkeeping other than the irst entry made in the book and the transferring of the deposit sheets 18 to the file where they function as ledger pages.

l/Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A deposit nent pass-book movable deposit sheets, the pass-book sheet having lines and spaces corresponding as to place and position with similar lines and spaces on the deposit sheets, and a carbon sheet back of the permanent pass-book sheet so that an entry made upon the pass-book sheet will be transferred onto a correspond ing part on the removable deposit sheet, the obverse :tace of the deposit sheet provided with a printed withdrawal blank to be `,filled in with the amount to be withdrawn as indicated on the pass-book sheet and the opposite face of the deposit sheet.

2. A deposit book containing a permanent pass-book sheet having the following appropriately designated columns a date column, a school number column, a tellers indicia column, a withdrawal amount column, a deposit column, and a balance column, and a plurality of removable degosit sheets in the book being ruled and designated to correspond with the permanent pass-book sheet and having on their obverse faces suitably printed withdrawal blanks into which the amount to be withdrawn may be written to correspond with the amounts on the Withdrawal column on the opposite faces of the deposit sheets, and on the face of the pass-book sheet.

In testimony whereof 1 afin; my signature.

CARL A. WDDAUGH.

book containing one permasheet and a plurality ot re' 

